Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating the truth.

The words in prose ought to express the intended meaning, and no more; if they attract attention to themselves, it is, in general, a fault.

As a man without forethought scarcely deserves the name of a man, so forethought without reflection is but a metaphorical phrase for the instinct of a beast.

How did the atheist get his idea of that God whom he denies?

On the Greek stage a drama, or acted story, consisted in reality of three dramas, called together a trilogy, and performed consecutively in the course of one day.

We are now Courts of equity, and must decide the thing according to all the rights.

No man does anything from a single motive.